Gimme Him: One player the Giants would steal from the Chargers

Gimme Him: One player the Giants would steal from the Chargers

Another week, another loss and the second time in as many weeks the New York Giants lost on a walk-off field goal. There is nothing more frustrating than watching your favorite team’s defense get abused on a late drive to set up a short field goal for the win.

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As well as the offense played once the rain subsided, they failed to convert a two-point attempt which ultimately cost them a chance at overtime.

This loss was a team effort.

The Giants asked their defense to come up with huge stops to win games time and time again in 2016. For the most part, it worked. It hasn’t worked this year as they’ve been put in that position three times (twice against the Philadelphia Eagles) and failed each time.

The defense, while banged up, has not lived up to expectations the last two weeks. The most frustrating aspect has to be the defensive line. New York is tied for 27th in the NFL in both rushing yards allowed and sacks.

Having said that, there is still a much more glaring weakness on the Giants.

As one might expect, the 0-4 Los Angeles Chargers don’t have a ton of talent across the board. Two of their better players are corners, and despite the struggles of Eli Apple, the Giants have two excellent players in Janoris Jenkins and Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie.

Though the Giants had their best game of the season running the football after shuffling their offensive line — again — it still wasn’t very good. They finished with 91 yards on 28 carries and have yet to cross the 100-yard mark as a team this season.

It’s hard to go away from taking an offensive lineman every time. The Chargers have issues of their own with their group, but Russell Okung is the best option to take here.

Okung only has one season in which he graded better than average on Pro Football Focus (subscription required) — he earned a “high quality” grade in 2012 and made the Pro Bowl — but he is having his best season since leaving the Seahawks and has hovered at average his whole career. Based on Ereck Flowers’ performances, average would be a significant upgrade.

Okung was second in the NFL in QB pressures allowed in 2016. However, he seems to have turned that around as his pass block grade is 85.5 so far this season.